an oldie but goodie strategy is to have kids read their piece's from the end backwards. So read what they think is the last sentence. use a slash or whatever but does it make sense the way you read it? then the next to the last sentence. Of course they won't know exactly where the sentence starts anymore than where it ends but it is experimenting till they get it as they want it. This breaks up that ongoing flow of meaning and kind of focuses their understanding on JUST the sentence.
I think we lose sight of the fact that it is just not that easy to do! To wit, I work on it all the way thru graduate students. Clauses of all kinds have subjects and verbs so that determination alone doesn't do the trick. So I try to help the kids see they are the "owners" of their writing and need to work with it till it communicates clearly what they want. AND unless they actually have some ownership, none of this works very well. So it cannot all be "assignments." I read a great great chapter in a book/article that I wish I could find now. But it was a plea that knowing where to put periods, e.g. a complete thought or idea, is a HUGE Sally On Dec 8, 2012, at 1:58 PM, evelia cadet wrote: > My 4th grade students are not ending their sentences with a period. It's like > they don't know when a sentence ends. This is my first year teaching writing. > I honestly don't know how to help them recognize when to add a period. Any > ideas would be appreciated. In few months they will be composing two pieces > of writing for the state exam. It is a desperate situation. Thank you in > advance. > > Evelia > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
